Chilabothrus granti

Chilabothrus granti
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	; Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Chilabothrus
Species:	C. granti
Binomial name
	Chilabothrus granti; (Stull, 1933)
Synonyms
	Epicrates inornatus granti Stull, 1933 ; Epicrates monensis granti Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 ; Epicrates granti Platenberg & D.S. Harvey, 2010 ; Chilabothros granti Rodríguez-Robles et al., 2015 ;

Chilabothrus granti, also known commonly as the Virgin Islands boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is native to the Caribbean.

Etymology

The specific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.^[4]

Geographic range

C. granti is found in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. granti are forest and shrubland at altitudes from sea level to 100 m (330 ft), but it has also been found in gardens.^[1]

Diet

C. granti preys upon frogs, lizards, and snakes.^[1]

Reproduction

C. granti is viviparous.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Platenberg, R. (2021). "Chilabothrus granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T7829A18979910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7829A18979910.en. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
^ "Virgin Islands tree boa (Chilabothrus granti)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chilabothrus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Epicrates monensis granti, p. 106).

Platenberg RJ, Harvey DS (2010). "Endangered species and land use conflicts: a case study of the Virgin Islands Boa (Epicrates granti)". Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5: 548–554. (Epicrates granti, new taxonomic status).
Rodríguez-Robles JA, Jezkova T, Fujita MK, Tolson PJ, García MA (2015). "Genetic divergence and diversity in the Mona and Virgin Islands Boas, Chilabothrus monensis (Epicrates monensis) (Serpentes: Boidae), West Indian snakes of special conservation concern". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18: 144–153. (Chilabothrus granti, new combination).
Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distribution, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496.
Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Epicrates monensis granti, p. 185).
Sheplan BR, Schwartz A (1974). "Hispaniolan boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 45: 57–143. (Epicrates monensis granti, new combination, pp. 102–104).
Stull OG (1933). "Two new subspecies of the family Boidae". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (267): 1–4. (Epicrates inornatus granti, new subspecies).

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[iucn-1] Platenberg, R. (2021). "Chilabothrus granti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T7829A18979910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7829A18979910.en. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

[2] "Virgin Islands tree boa (Chilabothrus granti)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

[RDB-3] Chilabothrus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.

[4] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Epicrates monensis granti, p. 106).

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Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Endangered (ESA)^[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Chilabothrus
Species:	C. granti
Binomial name
*Chilabothrus granti* (Stull, 1933)
Synonyms^[3]
Epicrates inornatus granti Stull, 1933 Epicrates monensis granti Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 Epicrates granti Platenberg & D.S. Harvey, 2010 Chilabothros granti Rodríguez-Robles et al., 2015